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john wrote 100 books in his life, and fantastic, quality. and you just have two bow out and hold their code while they do that. you can't compete. >> he was also, surprisingly, when he would deliver whether a manuscript or his essays as well for various publications, his objective come to turn in his piece in the mighty one of two things he would aggressively fight for, but what sort turn it over and let you do -- there was nothing to do really. >> there was nothing to do but often as editors they say we need to cut 1000 words for ads or perfume do whatever. he would you say okay, and he would find it and get rid of it. he was completely open discussion. not to say he didn't value his work when he was asked. it's just that was part of the craft and the work of having signed up for certain publications. >> you and i've spoken before about putting together arguably, and there was this bit of time where you and christopher and steve were collecting these pieces from the past 10 or 12 years. and, of course, would've been 1600 bits. >> far too mu
john wrote 100 books in his life, and fantastic, quality. and you just have two bow out and hold their code while they do that. you can't compete. >> he was also, surprisingly, when he would deliver whether a manuscript or his essays as well for various publications, his objective come to turn in his piece in the mighty one of two things he would aggressively fight for, but what sort turn it over and let you do -- there was nothing to do really. >> there was nothing to do but often...
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lynn had married john in this dream wedding in italy. the pictures were so beautiful, the company that arranged it had them on their website. she has two children, she thinks she's in a great marriage. and then on facebook she stumbled across a picture of her then husband dressed as a prince at disney world marrying a princess. he was committing bigamy. so number three. if you are a soldier, don't disclose on facebook where you will be bombing the next day. when israeli soldiers gained the right to use social network, and it's a big campaign in israel, and they had enemies of the state, the syrian president, the leader of hezbollah, it's that not everybody is your friend. okay? but the lure of facebook and its centrality to american life is so great that soldiers ignore that warning. when israeli soldiers were deployed to the west bank to capture militants suspected of planning attacks on israel, one soldier actually posted on facebook that on wednesday we clean up this particular town and the rest of the post told about the planned raid
lynn had married john in this dream wedding in italy. the pictures were so beautiful, the company that arranged it had them on their website. she has two children, she thinks she's in a great marriage. and then on facebook she stumbled across a picture of her then husband dressed as a prince at disney world marrying a princess. he was committing bigamy. so number three. if you are a soldier, don't disclose on facebook where you will be bombing the next day. when israeli soldiers gained the...
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when john keegan writes world war ii, that's what happened in world war ii. and i wasn't in a position to write that. and then there's the really detailed recreation of what happened in a specific time and place which is what jake did, which is a gift that i was not able to do. my memories of my tour were so fragmented, they were very specific on particular days, and then there's, you know, the month of september 2006 i don't really very much there. i was -- i could not have recreated that if i wanted to. so instead what i did was i wrote the third kind of book which is, which is where you try to get the feeling right. what does it people like to be there, what does it feel like to come back, what does it feel like to get shot at, what does it feel like, um, to come home from that and be walking through the airport and realize that you're thinking about who you're going to shoot to get out of the room in case something goes wrong, to think about driving down the road and looking for ieds on the road or be putting your son in his hockey gear and realizing that
when john keegan writes world war ii, that's what happened in world war ii. and i wasn't in a position to write that. and then there's the really detailed recreation of what happened in a specific time and place which is what jake did, which is a gift that i was not able to do. my memories of my tour were so fragmented, they were very specific on particular days, and then there's, you know, the month of september 2006 i don't really very much there. i was -- i could not have recreated that if i...
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a serial killer who is imitating all the presidential assassins from johns will both -- john wilkes booth to lee harvey also want. two nonfiction books. and then a lot of comic books i read as well. those seven fun. in terms of sales i could not even tell you. my mom and dad could tell you. i think something like 13 million books in print or something stupid, but it's odd because my family by so many copies. i went to clean out there house. i cleaned my dad's apartment, and in the closet i opened the door. there were tons of my books. it was like all the books in america my -- father and mother had personally bought a. al is appreciated their sales numbers. >> host: our guest for the next 25 minutes. (202)585-3885 in the east and central time zone. 585-3886 in the mountain and pacific time zones. we will begin taking those calls in just a minute. you talked about your mother's death. you refer to it as well in this euro, nancy brinker. >> nancy brinker, i think everyone knows. we all see it. if you watch an nfl game. where it comes from is, you know, i wanted someone in their to remember
a serial killer who is imitating all the presidential assassins from johns will both -- john wilkes booth to lee harvey also want. two nonfiction books. and then a lot of comic books i read as well. those seven fun. in terms of sales i could not even tell you. my mom and dad could tell you. i think something like 13 million books in print or something stupid, but it's odd because my family by so many copies. i went to clean out there house. i cleaned my dad's apartment, and in the closet i...
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and john -- i kind of made fun of john irving. he was pushing 60, which really isn't all that old. [laughter] and there were three of them, so i had the perfect title, my three stooges. [laughter] and i said a stooge -- this is literally true -- a stooge on stage is someone who sets up the lines for the comedian. and i said, this is all they've done, they set up lines for the comedian. but a lot of people never forgave that. the piece is called "my three stooges." the author happened to think it was brilliantly funny, but many people thought i'd still made a terrible gaffe by saying what i really meant. this is not true of many, but, you know -- of manny, but, you know, a gaffe to a politician is when a politician says what he really means. [laughter] and that's what's considered. he should have known better than that. and the reason i have a kind of long distance love of biden, joseph biden, is that there was a big outbreak of some disease in mexico, very contagious. i can't remember the exact disease. and he was asked by a reporter would you -- he had a daughter who sometimes wen
and john -- i kind of made fun of john irving. he was pushing 60, which really isn't all that old. [laughter] and there were three of them, so i had the perfect title, my three stooges. [laughter] and i said a stooge -- this is literally true -- a stooge on stage is someone who sets up the lines for the comedian. and i said, this is all they've done, they set up lines for the comedian. but a lot of people never forgave that. the piece is called "my three stooges." the author happened...
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it makes it the literary equivalent of another live elton john album. why write something new? just sit down and and write rocket man. thank you for the effort, guys. i can't wait until you put it back in theaters, this time in 3-d. same with dave barry's book, dave barry's greatest hits, right? so the truth is, all kidding aside, there've hook is not a greatest hits book at all. it was just a joke i want to tell. they wrote this amazing site for pdf and you really should read it and dave's book, "lunatic" you really should read. these are the authors that i have on my shelf and dave this is the first hardcover book i ever bought and seth and wills book, what the onion does it's next to bloom county in which is as much love as i can show to anything. to be clear there is no onion without dave barry. there really is and because that when we were all, no one made fun of real news so with that said without further ado subone, seth reiss and will tracy. [applause] >> the thank you so much. the onion would never write him back. folks, my name is will tracy and i'm the editor with se
it makes it the literary equivalent of another live elton john album. why write something new? just sit down and and write rocket man. thank you for the effort, guys. i can't wait until you put it back in theaters, this time in 3-d. same with dave barry's book, dave barry's greatest hits, right? so the truth is, all kidding aside, there've hook is not a greatest hits book at all. it was just a joke i want to tell. they wrote this amazing site for pdf and you really should read it and dave's...